Skip counting sequences, step by step
Skip counting helps a child hear the steady rhythm inside a number sequence.
The question
6, 8, 10, ?, 14
6810?14
6810?14
68101214
- Work out the jump from numbers you can SEE — never from the gap, because the gap is what you are trying to find.
- 6 to 8 is up 2, and a counting sequence jumps the same amount every time.
- So the gap is 10 + 2 = 12.
How it works.
- 01
Work out the jump from numbers you can SEE — never from the gap, because the gap is what you are trying to find.
- 02
6 to 8 is up 2, and a counting sequence jumps the same amount every time.
- 03
So the gap is 10 + 2 = 12.